Battle of Montbard

The Battle of Montbard (19 February 1429) was a battle of the Hundred Years' War.

History
On 19 February 1429, Joan of Arc, Sieur de Metz, Sieur Bertrand, and a small force of French soldiers left their army camp at Vaucouleurs and set out for the city of Chinon, where Joan intended to ask the Dauphin (the future King Charles VII of France) for command of a French army to relieve the besieged city of Orleans. These soldiers stumbled upon a battle between the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of England on the way, with the French cavalry and crossbowmen being overwhelmed by English knights and longbowmen. The English wiped out the French army, and Joan and her companions stayed away from the battle so that they would not be caught in the crossfire.